Science

Daniel Ksepka is part of a team that identified a new species of bird named Centuriavis lioae, which lived about 11 million years ago in what is now Nebraska.

Few of us get to escape heartbreak. This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, the science, language, and culture of heartbreak — including why we’re so attracted to sad songs.

This hour, we look at what's going on with the pandemic with doctors from Yale and Hartford HealthCare. Plus, what do we know about Paxlovid and why its results vary?

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: What is stickiness, scientifically speaking? How do geckos climb? Why don’t Post-it Notes ruin our books? And: A look, specifically, at chewing gum.

Connecticut opened monkeypox testing and vaccination centers this week.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) was one of several officials calling for a more robust federal response to the monkeypox outbreak at a news conference Monday.

Federal lawmakers have passed a bill that could get more pickup trucks and smartphones out to consumers. Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives approved a $52 billion investment in U.S. companies specifically targeted at the production of semiconductor chips.

Scientists aren't sure why a group of Connecticut's periodical cicadas disappeared nearly 70 years ago.

Compare the images from the new James Webb Space Telescope and the old Hubble Space telescope.

Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope shares the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.